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Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D018463
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Preferred Name

Filtering Surgery

Definitions
A surgical procedure used in treatment of glaucoma in which an opening is created through which aqueous fluid may pass from the anterior chamber into a sac created beneath the conjunctiva, thus lowering the pressure within the eye. (Hoffman, Pocket Glossary of Ophthalmologic Terminology, 1989)
Synonyms
Surgery, Filtering
Surgery, Filtration
Filtration Surgery
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